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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1975
Page
2
A guest columnist Swami Librarius urges readers to use public libraries for information and fun. He lists five points: access to information, audio visual materials, free borrowing through local and regional systems, available programs, and a telephone information service.
A library workshop for adults will be held Monday October 20 at 7 00 P M to train attendees in running a 16 sound projector. The session recommends two to three qualified people per organization and notes a catalog of free films is available by request. Contact the library for more information.
Local residents recount visits and travels from last week including Minnie Hollenbeck and Mary Lou returning from Illinoi towns Kankakee Clifton Gilman Onarga Sheldon Pekin and Bourbonnais. The piece notes plentiful rainfall making corn tall and healthy and lists several households hosting relatives during the period.
Spent weekend visits and family gatherings fill the Rolfe Arrow community excerpt. Eldon Cox Kathy Spirit Lake remained overnight with Laura Anderson. Caryl family from Orange City cared for grandchildren Arrow and Beau while mother hospitalized.
Students at Rolfe High School prepared and edited a local feature piece focusing on school events. The collaborative project showcases student voice and community engagement through newsroom style reporting.
Readable entries show daily menus with items like lasagna salad sandwich pear milk on October 17 and hamburger bun chips vegetable cookie ice cream milk on October 20. Subsequent days list scalloped potatoes ham jello peas and October 22 chicken chow mein doughnuts fruit sandwich milk with partial items missing.
The notes reference repeated performances at the Ritz with nightly crowds while noting a long gap since 1969 for film screenings. It mentions satisfaction with articles and a critique of similar pieces. The fragmentary text signals ongoing shows and media activity around DART- era context.
The report covers the Fall Speech Clinic at Storm Lake held October 4 with Northwest Iowa teachers at Buena Vista College theatre as they discuss Iowa Speech Association constitutional changes and new Individual Mime category. It also profiles Rolfe School teacher Mrs. Marie Wells, her background, 20 years teaching, and her aims, along with brief student activity notes and staff welcomes.
The Junior High and Freshmen float teams earned top recognition, while the Juniors and Seniors floats received Honorable Mention. After a long night of planning and building, the effort paid off around 10:00 Friday night per the reporter.
The piece notes a strong Homecoming week with a successful celebration and a parade. It mentions dress-up day despite some students and teachers already in routine attire and highlights junior high efforts in float preparation and cleanup.
The Junior High team finished first with a float, then the Freshman, as winds battered the parade setup. Friday at the football game the Sophomores’ “We’ve got ’em in our Jaws” float won first place.
Last week tryouts were held for the 1975 All School Play Pure As The Driven Snow. Cast includes Purity Doan Leander Longfellow Mortimer Frothingham I mogene Pickens Ethelinda Hewlitt Hirson Hedrick Letty Barber Diana Todd Gardewine Joan Allen Stephen Moline Brian DeWall Dorine Metz Jeff Loxterkamp Ruse Johnson.
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